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Deficiency, ankyrin
Known also as hereditary spherocytosis (HS), this is a genetic disorder of the red blood cell membrane clinically characterized by anemia, jaundice (yellowing) and splenomegaly (enlargement of the spleen), due to deficiency of ankyrin, a…
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- TLR4 Toll-like receptor 4
- Truncation The act of truncating, cutting short. See: Truncate
- Acute membranous gingivitis This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Eosinophilic fasciitis (Shulman syndrome) A disease which leads to inflammation and thickening of the skin and fascia. (The fascia is a lining tissue…
- Dilating The widening and opening of the cervix caused by uterine contractions
- Tension, intravenous The pressure of the blood within a vein, the venous pressure
- Glioblastoma multiforme A type of tumor that forms from glial (supportive) tissue in the brain. It is highly malignant, grows very…
- Becker muscular dystrophy A chronic, progressive muscle degeneration disease. A form of muscular dystrophy that is quite similar to…
- Pork tapeworm infection Known medically as cysticercosis, an infection caused by Taenia solium (the pork tapeworm). Infection occurs…